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Sierra Leone: People using at least basic drinking water services, urban

81.71percent · 2024+8.4% since 2014

The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202481.707
202381.069
202280.433
202179.799
202079.166
201978.535
201877.906
201777.279
201676.654
201576.03
201475.408
201374.788
201274.17
201173.553
201072.938
200972.325
200871.714
200771.105
200670.497
200569.891
200469.287
200368.684
200268.084
200167.485
200066.888

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, urban. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services-zs (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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